taxes

What began with glorious promises of jobs, cleaner air, and a whole new automotive industry died this week in bankruptcy court.

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City officials in Chicago are considering a proposed “violence tax” on guns and ammunition in hopes that it will help shade in the gray areas of a $115 million black hole in the city’s budget and police the number of guns in circulation on the streets. This has Second Amendment supporters ticked off because sources say the proposed tax will increase the prices of these items exponentially, even though no one yet knows what the tax would be.

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So much for his talk of taxing the rich. Obama's new health care taxes will mostly impact middle-class Americans and many seniors.

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I bet Missy Franklin isn't thinking about the nearly $14,000 she will be on the hook for with the IRS.

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President Obama is taking serious fire for his weekend comments about small business owners and entrepreneurs.

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Washington Senator Patty Murray has warned if Repblican leaders don't play ball,  Democrats will let the Bush tax cuts expire.

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Before anyone gets too giddy about progress from the General Motors buyout,  consider the bulk of that came from government purchases of GM vehicles.

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Thanks to a tax that was added to, of all measures, the Federal Transportation Bill,  roll-you-own tobacco stores could become a thing of the past across America - including the Mid-Columbia.

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A New Hampshire convenience store worker has quit her job, rather than continue to have to accept government EBT, or food stamp cards, that are used to pay for cigarettes.

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Apparently a King County Superior Court Judge  (along with the Washington Education Association-WEA- and The League of Education Voters) doesn't recognize Washington residents when they pass laws limiting tax increases.

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